ST08525I I MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL INDUSTRIAL HEALTH RESEARCH BOARD REPORT No. 80 TOXICITY OF INDUSTRIAL ORGANIC SOLVENTS SUMMARIES OF PUBLISHED WORK Compiled by Ethel Browning under die direction of the Committee on The Toxicity of Industrial Solvents Crown Copyright Reserved LONDON HIS MAJESTY'S STATIONERY OFFICE 1937 u t 6.1 G, 78 ft cifo2 THE BOARD ST08525l2 E.

Gasoline is used as a solvent for the rubber.

Gasoline is used as a solvent for the rubber.

Gasoline is used as a solvent for the rubber* The mixing is accom plished in a vith rotating paddles.

Thus, in a study of the lead hazard in a storage-battery plant (5), the Public Health Service adopted a special method of determining the permissible limit of lead dust.

Thus, in a study of the lead hazard in a storage-battery plant (5), the Public Health Service adopted a special method of determining the permissible limit of lead dust.

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*f in 1924 reported a cas< dergrass (S3) in 1926 < ers.

., 1926, vol. 27, p. 101, in Physiol.

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We recognize and guard against. lead exposure, in storage battery plants, but often-.overlook such an operation good industrial practice dictates; (3) those conditions, .where it is not readily discern ible by general observation whether the ex posure is'withih safe-limits. ' as where red lead is bring mixed with a .

1932 TRANSACTIONS National Safety Council Incorporated TWENTY-FIRST ANNUAL SAFETY CONGRESS iI \ Washington, D.

per With a few exceptions the period of disability re- sulting from skin diseases is short as compared with some of the other industrial diseases ; the total number of days lost for the 648 claims totalling 8,254 days For the cases of dematitis the total number of lost was 7,673 for a total of days 561 claims making an average of 13.6 dhidhm im In skin diseases it should be noted commenting that upon during the past death Under the classification of industrial poisons 174 claims were filed with a total of 61,226 days lost In this group lead poisoning is as usual the most promi- nent cause of disability During the year there 138 claims filed for lead were poisoning with 6 fatalities or death claims Investigation of the files however shows that none of these death claims has allowed as as yet been compensable by the Commission Four have been definitely disallowed due to the fact that in each instance was found to be due to some con- dition other than lead poisoning and in the other the proof has not been cases completed sufficiently for the claims to be presented for decision Exclusive of the six death claims it is found that the average period of disability in the cases of lead poisoning filed was days per claim 35 phosphorous Other claims filed for industrial poisonings are as follows brass or zinc

The use of the most suitable materials, as obobtained from leading refractory manu facturers, combined with competent and experienced engineering service are the customer's assurance of a successful and economical installation.

Pancoast and Pen'dergrass (83) in 1926 examined a group of seventeen asbestos work ers.